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Africa

Mauritius

Mauritius

Vision

“With you, making Mauritius safer”

Guiding Philosophy :

Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto

The well being of the people is the supreme law

Que le Salut du Peuple soit la loi suprême

Reform

In 2010, the Mauritius Police Force (MPF) undertook a reform programme aimed at transforming the “Force” to a “Service” culture, thus paving the way for a fundamentally new policing concept. The objective is to modernize the police service by taking on a new management style and policing philosophy more mindful of public concerns, needs and expectations.

The reform is based on six pillars:

Community policing;

Compliancy with human rights;

Human resource management;

Permanent strategic planning;

Intelligence led policing;

Enhancing reactive capability.

Under the direct command of the Commissioner of Police who is accountable to the Prime Minister, the MPF is made up of 11 specialized Police Branches with a total strength of over 12,000 men and women. The Commissioner of Police is assisted by other Deputy Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners who are responsible for each department.

INTERPOL Port Louis

The National Central Bureau (NCB) of INTERPOL for Mauritius is a unit of the Central Criminal Investigation Division (CCID) which is headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police who is also the Head of NCB.

The CCID's main duties are to investigate serious crime cases, high-profile cases and financial crime.

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius – Reviewing key evidence and information sharing was the focus of a two-day (20 and 21 March) meeting under the umbrella of INTERPOL’s Maritime Security unit as part of it Evidence Exploitation Initiative (EVEXI) project targeting maritime piracy in East Africa.Investigators from all five EVEXI II countries and representatives from t...

KENYA/ZIMBABWE - An operation across Eastern and Southern Africa targeting a range of cross-border crimes has resulted in the rescue of human trafficking victims, the seizure of drugs, guns and stolen vehicles and the recovery of smuggled goods including ivory and diamonds.Codenamed Usalama – which means ‘safety’ – the operation was led by the Eastern Afr...